Vicky Haughton
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Vicky Haughton is a New Zealand actress. She won the 2003 New Zealand Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Whale Rider[1] and was nominated for the 2001 Nokia New Zealand Film Award for Best Actress for her role in Her Majesty.[2]
Haughton featured in 1980-81 musical TV series 12 Bar Rhythm 'n' Shoes and after that finished she went on to front a 1982 show with two fellow 12 Bar cast members titled VJM (an acronym of Vicky, Jane and Maggie). It was a five show musical entertainment series that featured male guest singers.[3][4] Later that year she took over from Alita in the fourth series of Radio Times.[5]
She featured in the 2001 mockumentary Love Mussel,[6] plays the elderly Maori lady, Hira Mata in Her Majesty,[7] and appears as Nanny Flowers in Whale Rider.[8] Other screen roles include the band manager in Heroes,[9] Ms. Seagar in In My Father's Den[10] and Grace in Kawa.[11]
Haughton has appeared on stage in plays and musicals[9] including the 2004 stage musical version of The Whale Rider, reprising her role from the film as well as playing a leader of the whales,[12] playing Emare in Home Fires, by Hone Kouka, (Downstage Theatre, 1998),[13] and featuring in the musical Jerry's Girls (Court Theatre, 1994).[14]
References
[edit]- ↑ "NZ film awards", The Post (Wellington), p. 9, 9 December 2003
- ↑ Petrovic, Hans (18 October 2001), "Snakeskin nominated 11 times for awards", The Press, p. 9
- ↑ "Vicky, Jayne and Maggie", The Press, p. 15, 26 May 1982
- ↑ "New-look Ray Woolf Show", The Press, p. 15, 7 April 1982
- ↑ "'Radio Times' back again", The Press, p. 22, 8 September 1982
- ↑ "Sex and the gooey duck", The Evening Post, 16 July 2001
- ↑ Harvey, Dennis (12 October 2001), "Her Majesty", Variety
- ↑ Harvey, Dennis (18 September 2002), "Whale Rider", Variety
- 1 2 Dass, Kiran (15 August 2004), "Gran dame", Sunday Star Times
- ↑ Bennett, Ray (27 June 2005), "Hollywood Reporter", Hollywood Reporter (via Darcylicious Designs)
- ↑ Kara, Scott (15 January 2011), "A second coming out", The New Zealand Herald
- ↑ Wong, Gilbert (29 August 2004), "Whale Rider musical is water torture", Sunday Star Times
- ↑ Atkinson, Laurie (28 February 1998), "Home Fires burns brightly", The Evening Post (Wellington)
- ↑ "Broadway favourites rejuvenated in Christchurch production", The Press, p. 1, 28 March 1994
External links
[edit]- Vicky Haughton at IMDb
- Vicky Haughton at NZ On Screen
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